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Record 1 2001-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
  • Geochemistry
  • Petrography
CONT

Genetic model [of Mississippi-Valley type deposits].- ... some form of basinal brine migration out of sedimentary basins, through aquifers, to the basin periphery is the most widely accepted general mode of formation of MVT ores ... What caused the fluids to move from generative site to depositional site?

OBS

As opposed to "depositional site."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
  • Géochimie
  • Pétrographie
CONT

[Dans] les gîtes bio-rhexistasiques [...] le minerai se met en place en deux temps séparés par une phase de transport entre site d'origine et site de dépôt.

OBS

Par opposition à «site de dépôt» ou «lieu de dépôt».

Spanish

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